In a release Wednesday, the Alliance for Retired Americans announced its support for Democratic Senate candidate Deborah Ross, citing her commitment to the quality of life for older Americans and saying Burr has worked in the opposite direction.

The group represents more than 4.4 million retirees and community activists, with more than 47,000 members in North Carolina, according to Wednesday’s release.

“Deborah Ross has been a leader on retiree issues from Social Security to Medicare,” said Bill Dworkin, President of the North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans in the statement. “As a senator, she can be trusted to work to ensure that we expand our earned Social Security benefits.”

The group cited Ross’ record as a state representative and her efforts to expand Social Security and Medicare. On the other hand, ARA says, her Republican opponent and incumbent Sen. Richard Burr has supported measures to cut those programs, shift healthcare costs to seniors and raise the age for Medicare eligibility and has “earned a lifetime pro-retiree score of just 4% on the Alliance for Retired Americans Congressional Voting Record.” — which can be found by clicking here

Dworkin continues in the release: “Senator Burr pushed to replace guaranteed, earned Social Security benefits with private, risk-based accounts. Deborah Ross knows that Social Security needs to be strengthened and expanded, not cut or privatized. The typical benefit received by a retired worker in North Carolina was $15,731 in 2015. That’s even less than minimum wage. We must fight any efforts to cut our earned benefit by electing the right leaders.”